Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
From Over the County.
LIBERTY CENTER.

Christmas thanksgivings we're duly OBJ
served in the. Methodist and Reformed
Churches with beautiful Christmas trees
loaded with presents from old Santa for both
old and young, and with appropriate exercis-
es, COMMUNICATING the birth Of the Saviour
Of mankind.
80. The big holiday trade has come and
gone, and the show windows Of the various
business houses present, when compared
with their gorgeous array of beauty and
splendor OF week ago, sally dIlapidated
appearance, as our merchants have certainly
enjoyed the largest holiday trade for some
years, which speaks well for our village.
.. The supper given for the benefit of the
mill fund proved a complete success netting
over one hundred dollars. This is the sec
ond call made upon the generosity of the
citizens in the way Of public entertainment
for the benefit of the mill project, both of
which were patronized with a liberality
which exceeded the expectations of the most
sanguine, proving conclusively that the
benefits TO be derived from an enterprise of
this kind is fully appreciated by the public,
and that, Notwithstanding the opposition Of
a few cranks, croakers, small souled, selfish
and hide bound individuals who endeavor to
live solely from what they can absorb from
Others, are bound to patronize all public i'm
provements, and are willing to give of their
surplus for the general good, and whose lib
erality is fully appreciated by the grateful
public of Liberty Center.
THE "Colton Boys had their dance at
Grange Hall, in this place. Monday evening,
the 18th. There was some dancing which
was greatly stimulated by the exhileratinR
influence of cheap whisky, and embellished
by the beastly exercises of pugilism, bloody
noses, black eyes, disheyeled hair. bloated
countenances and dismantled neither gar
ments, were the net proceeds of the enter
prise. Dancing, social gatherings and in
nocent jollity are all right and proper, but
when young men will entice young ladies of
reputed respectability from their homes un-
der pretence of spending pleasant evening
amidst innocent festivities, and will then SO
far forget that they are men; forget every
thing tnat is noble and dignified in human
nature, and ply themselves into alcoholic in
toxlcants until every spark of refinement is
extinguished, and themselves beneath the
dignity of well bred hog, we are not so
clear about it, and think the proper thing
for any young lady who has once been thus
treated by her escort, when again asked by
the same parties for ''another dance" would
be, if not spit in his face, at least turn him
the cold shoulder.
As long as parents will allow their daugh.
tiers to accompany such things, ] will not
call them men-as long as young ladies will
accompany such characters, submit to such
gross insults and humiliations of drunken,
debauched and polluted escorts, it is useless
for the moralist to cry out. But If the young
ladies will SO act as to convince young men
gentility, refinement, responsibility, mental
and moral worth is the only pass BY which
they can give admission to their society, the
most powerful blow will be struck against
swagger, rowdyism, drunkenness and beasti-
ality the world has ever had. TYRo.
Liberty Center, o., Dec. 18th, 1877,